Saturday, 12 April 2014

Do you want to catch more fish?

Want to catch more fish?

April brings with
it longer warmer and often sunny days, yet at night time the
temperature can drop dramatically often catching the angler out as
they feel that summer has arrived and that the fish should be
crawling up their rods. It’s these cold often frosty nights that
stops things livening up to quick, however it’s also the wind
direction that constantly changes that stops the fish from feeding.
This week has been a prime example, however pick your venue and
species wisely and bites should be forth coming.

Two customers that
I have guided to successful days recently are Keith and Mark. I met
Keith at the Big One in Farnborough and we agreed to head to Marsh
Farms Harris Lake to try and outwit an early season crucian. Arriving
early and using what I call ‘The Groundbait Lead’ in what were
quite good conditions we picked our swim carefully then proceeded to
catch ten quality tench plus a couple of crucians.

I get together
with Mark a few times a year and he always wants to learn new tactics
and with a Christmas present from his parents of two days fishing
with myself. Having fished Frensham in the past and tried to perfect
the art of using ‘The Helicopter Rig’ with mixed results, Mark
wanted to get to grips with it, perfect the art of casting clipped up
and hitting the same spot constantly well before the venue reopens in
the summer. Knowing that I was catching loads of fish from FAS
Badshot Lea we headed here on the first day and in far from ideal
conditions landed more than 30 bream for a total weight well in
excess of 200lb. I even fished alongside with pellet on the hair and
caught as many as he did on the maggot so he managed to learn two
tactics in just one day. Yesterday we headed to GAS Harris Lake as
Mark had never caught a crucian carp. Instead of using my standard
tactics we decided to fish the flat-bed feeder and whilst others
around struggled for just the occasional fish, Mark landed more than
fifteen tench to 6lb 2oz along with three crucians to 2lb 1oz.

It was also good
to see another customer of mine putting what he had learnt with me a
few weeks before into practice and was constantly catching on the
opposite bank. Unfortunately for us all on the day it was just bream
and the occasional small roach that showed and not the carp that
Martin had taken on his first cast during our guided trip.

If you fancy a day
out, learning different tactics then get in touch, let me know what
you want to catch and I will do my best to find a venue and unlock
its secrets.